Did the Book of Job come from a Greek tragedy?

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2026-06-02 21:50

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The Book of Job is definitely an epic poem, in fact the longest in the Old Testament. It is unusual in that it combines prose and poetry, with the narrative being in prose and the dialogue in poetry.

In the 18th century, scholars all but universally regarded Job as a drama. They counted the acts, and discussed the struc­ture of the play. However, there has never been a complete consensus among scholars that the book was based on the style of a Greek tragedy. A modern view, put by Charles Lee Feinberg ThD, PhD sees closer parallels with early Syrian forms.

The book may have been a reworking of some older creation stories, fragments of which are also seen in the Psalms, blended in with a didactic narrative involving God and Satan. But, while there may be some parallels with the style of Greek tragedy, we can not really say that this was the origin of Job.

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